Veterinary epidemiology - A key to sustainable pig production in Switzerland

Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 63-68

  Stärk, Katharina D C ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Animal health; Respiratory diseases; Specific pathogen free; Swine

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; PNEUMONIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; SWITZERLAND; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PNEUMONIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0035259769     PISSN: 00367281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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